_1968_HERO_1

• Main Author: Lackovic, Randy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2014
• Subjects: Darling Marine Center; University of Maine; Walpole Maine; South Bristol Maine; marine research laboratory; marine station; marine science station; Laboratory and Basic Science Research; Marine Biology; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Anvers; Anvers Island; Dearborn; Antarc*; Antarctica; Labrador Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/dmc_images/46; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/dmc_images/article/1046/type/native/viewcontent

The R/V Hero was built by Harvey F. Gamage Shipbuilder, Inc., of South Bristol, Maine. She was launched on 28 March 1968. She is the namesake of a 30-foot American sailing sloop captained by Nathaniel B. Palmer, who in 1820 became one of the first to view the Antarctic mainland. The modern Hero was...